Not so long ago, the champion of the Youth Olympic Games in ice dancing — 2020 was left without a partner. Irina Khavronina left Dario Chirizano in January 2022 for her boyfriend David Narizhny. Chirizano did not remain out of work for long — one of the most promising Russian partners will play for the Czech Republic and train in Canada. tells how our team lost a great skater, and he himself gained unique opportunities.
The interesting name Dario Chirizano is complemented by an unusual origin. His mother is Russian and his father is Italian and Dario was born in Italy. After his parents divorced, he and his mother moved to Russia — the boy was 5. Around the same time, Chirizano began figure skating and eventually grew into a potentially very strong partner in ice dancing. Valuable qualities — artistry and dancing. While, perhaps, he lacks external brutality. But this, firstly, is an optional property — it was proved by the Frenchman Guillaume Sizeron and the British Lewis Gibson. And secondly, Dario is only 21 years old — this is a relatively young age for ice dancing. Brutality comes with experience and physical maturity.
Cirizano reacted painfully to the break with Irina Khavronina. They skated together for 5 years and seemed to have no reason to conflict, let alone run away. The main reason was love, and the fuel was the unspoken dissatisfaction of the partner with their joint work. Right under Dario's nose, Irina began to roll with Narizhny.
After some time, new rumors appeared: allegedly Cirizano was seen at the rink in Dubai with the Czech figure skater Denisa Tsimlova. And on May 7, it was officially announced that Denisa and Dario created a new duet. «/
Another curious fact: the newly-minted couple is going to train not just anywhere, but in Canada. In the world's strongest school in Montreal, which has nurtured many champions and prize-winners of all important starts of the last two Olympic cycles. That is, while almost the entire Russian ice dancing team decided to group around Alexander Zhulin, Dario received the exclusive right to skate in the most advanced school on the planet. Such a strong fencing injection to the former partner, who remained in Odintsovo with the former coach Denis Samokhin.Perhaps many of our duets would now like to be in the place of Tsimlova/Chirizano. In Canada, they have the opportunity to get not only the strongest sparring, but also modern stylish programs, new experience in skating and administrative resources. Montreal in the resume, although not a guarantee of victory, but a great incentive for the judges to look at the athletes with a favorable look.
And, of course, the Czech flag gives Darijo something that none of the Russian duos have, regardless of their skill and title: admission to international competitions. So Denisa Tsimlova, in addition to being a spectacular beauty with an excellent texture for dancing on ice, became for Dario a happy ticket to a successful career.
Who exactly will train Tsimlova/Cirizano in Montreal depends on various factors. Finance plays a big role. The most modest price list among the school coaches is for little-known assistants. Former Cirizano coach Aleksey Gorshkov answered the correspondent's question about the student's status in the following way:
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«Dario stopped cooperating with us, now all questions are for his boss Agenauer.»
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Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon and the aforementioned Roman Agenauer work only with the top or those who are willing to pay a lot. Denisa Tsimlova has a very wealthy family that can afford training from the group's most expensive and titled specialists. And this is another serious investment in the future result of the Tsimlov/Chirisano duo — they were taken over by the same coach who led the French Papadakis/Sizeron to world domination.
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There is only one important question left: will our federation allow Cirisano to secede? This will allow him and Denisa to perform next season. Otherwise, the couple is waiting for two years of quarantine, but even in this situation, they qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics. For all Russian skaters, including former partner Chirizano, such an opportunity so far exists only in the form of a mirage.